Chapter 237 Secret Society
After casually placing a few illusion runes at the nodes of the corridor, Avis looked at this familiar scene and sighed in his heart, which was rare.
A new batch of talented freshmen are about to arrive, and in the not too distant future, they will all become the pillars of the empire.
Perhaps because the changes sweeping across the continent are about to come, the web of fate has already produced signs in advance, causing the people who are responsible for their destiny to descend upon this era one by one.
In troubled times come heroes——
In the next few decades, many extremely brilliant figures who will be recorded in history will emerge from here.
The destiny of the entire Gloria Empire depends on them.
While sighing, Avis skillfully connected some special spell circuits between several illusion runes to form a more complex and sophisticated whole.
As a senior, he has the obligation to add some hardships to their life paths.
How can you know that you are not cut out for it without going through the hardships?
"Avis, the trap we set up needs to be broken by means below level 2."
Looking at the five-level rune chain arranged by Avis with a bit of helplessness, Claire on the side spoke out a reminder.
"Is it difficult?"
Avis glanced at the trap he had set.
The increase in difficulty is roughly equivalent to going from defusing one bomb to defusing five connected bombs at the same time.
But if you can enter Pamir Academy, isn't it a basic skill to use five distractions? Or can you just use items to be immune to illusions?
After thinking about it, Avis erased two of them and changed the structure to make it a triple overlapping rune trap.
The specific effect...can allow the victim to see what he or she desires in his or her heart.
"This should be fine. I believe it can pass the instructors' tests."
After the adjustment, the overall score of this trap dropped from the peak of the first level to around the high end of the first level.
"That's... okay."
Shaking her head, Claire couldn't help but worry about this year's freshmen.
The two were mainly responsible for setting traps on the road leading to the top of the main tower, while the passages leading to the major branch locations along the way were additional options with higher difficulty, and the seniors were responsible for setting traps.
Originally, Claire's strength had already broken through the fourth level, and she should have gone to a senior class.
But after returning to the academy, Anvis found that her strength had also recovered to the middle level of the third stage.
Moreover, the strange sense of loss on the island disappeared again and became very ordinary in perception.
Like him, Claire was in a very peculiar state of disguise.
"Hey, don't worry. I guess this must be your first time trying to set a trap here, right?"
At this time, a blue-haired girl heard the conversation between the two and came over after setting the trap at hand.
She is Milia, a senior student of the third-level high-level mystic school. She is a rare student from a non-aristocratic background and has been enrolled for three years.
"Just do your best, as long as the traps are not higher than the first level. The person who sets the trap that can trap the freshmen the longest, although there is no reward like passing the welcome ceremony, but there are hidden benefits!"
"Besides, the speed at which freshmen pass the welcome ceremony will be recorded in their files! If you let them off, wouldn't that be unfair to those freshmen who came before?"
Because of her cheerful and outgoing personality, which is very different from that of ordinary mages, Milia has a good relationship with most students in the class.
“Hidden benefits?”
Claire was a little surprised when she suddenly heard the news.
"Yes!"
Milia nodded like a chick pecking at rice.
"You have heard of the 'Association' in Pamir College, right?"
"You mean, the Relics Exploration Exchange, the Old Mystic Cult Research Society, the Mystical Relic Exchange Society, etc.? I've joined all of them."
Claire nodded to show that she understood.
"According to school regulations, in order to give new students who have been enrolled for less than a year enough time to get to know Pamir College, the association can only recruit students who have been enrolled for a full year."
Beside her, Anvis added helpfully.
"Yes, that's it."
She snapped her fingers lightly, and then the blue-haired girl suddenly looked around, trying to put a mysterious expression on her face.
"But, do you know? There are not only those associations that recruit people all day long, but also those secret ones that are hidden deep under the surface and only issue invitations to students who have passed certain 'assessments'!"
"And what I am going to tell you next involves one of those secret societies."
Milia lowered her voice as she spoke.
"I don't know the exact name of that association, but it is said that during the orientation ceremony, the traps they set up can trap the freshmen for the longest time, and it is also one of their secret assessment items!"
"Such a strange assessment project? Is there anything special about that association?"
Claire's beautiful eyebrows wrinkled slightly, and her blue eyes were full of strangeness.
Although she had been enrolled in school for almost three years, she was not well-informed because of her background and the fact that she always deliberately kept a distance from other students.
"What's so special about it?"
Milia gave a mysterious smile, blinked, and suddenly asked two questions.
“I think you should know that in the academy’s trading market, the ratio of gold coins to credits is thirty to one.
But have you ever wondered why it is this ratio and not forty to one or fifty to one?"
"Moreover, most of the students who are able to enter Pamir College have families that are not short of gold coins. As for the importance of college credits, you two should both be very aware of it. Even if one hundred gold coins are exchanged for one credit, there will be many people willing to exchange.
However, in the trading market and the mission hall, all missions for purchasing credits were maintained at this ratio. Even for those newcomers who were supposed to have no idea of the rules, the missions issued were the same.
Don’t you find this strange?”
"Well?"
Claire was stunned. She had really never thought about this question before. She instinctively looked at Avis with a questioning look in her eyes.
On the side, Avis's expression became slightly solemn.
Although the Duke did not tell him the specific information, due to his memories of his previous life, he knew the inside story behind it very clearly.
"Yes, there is certainly some force behind this phenomenon."
Not knowing Avis's identity, Milia continued to enthusiastically reveal the inside story to the 'genius freshman' and 'cold elf' in her eyes.
"According to rumors circulating in the academy, the reason why the credits are fixed at this price is because of the secret manipulation of this association!"
"And those freshmen who don't follow the rules will receive special warnings. When they are issued tasks, they will be cleared from within the organization and their existence will not be disclosed to the outside world."
(End of this chapter)
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